biogenesis

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The principle that living organisms develop only from other living organisms and not from nonliving matter.

n. Generation of living organisms from other living organisms.

n. See biosynthesis.

n. The supposed recurrence of the evolutionary stages of a species during the embryonic development and differentiation of a member of that species. Also called recapitulation.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The principle that living organisms are produced only from other living organisms

n. biosynthesis

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A doctrine that the genesis or production of living organisms can take place only through the agency of living germs or parents; -- called also biogeny; -- opposed to abiogenesis.

n. Life development generally.

n. the production of a chemical compound by a living organism.

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The genesis or production of living beings from living beings; generation in an ordinary sense: the converse of spontaneous generation, or abiogenesis.

n. The doctrine which holds that the genesis of living beings from living beings is the only one of which we have any knowledge, and which investigates or speculates upon the facts in the case upon such premises: the opposite of abiogenesis.

On the other hand, the appreciation that many miRNAs show highly selective patterns of expression underscores the importance of elucidating the mechanisms that regulate miRNA biogenesis, which is currently poorly understood.

The company claims that spending up to 20 minutes in the pod three times a week can boost athletic performance by improving circulation, boosting oxygen-rich red-blood cells, removing lactic acid and possibly even stimulating mitochondrial biogenesis and stem-cell production.

When a specialist in one field makes a claim about another field – example: biogenesis would require “chemical evolution”, a specialist in the second field may remark that this alleged process is unknown in the second field.

We need to use robotic drilling and definitive testing on Mars to penetrate what is probably the only potential biogenesis and evolutionary environment on Mars that has been stable for 3.8 billion years, namely, the cryosphere-hydrosphere interface below the surface.